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Show be Section B gait fake tribune Wednesday Morning January 22, 1986 1 S)orli Infurination or Kecortlctl s( orH Call l 1 ocal 2.57-202.- Call 1 oo-002-i;ir 2.57-200- 1 1 Page 6 Show for Jazz Saves Bailey By Lex Hemphill Tribune Sports Writer The Sixth Man was the Main Man for the Jazz Tuesday night. Thurl Bailey got the Jazz into overtime, then scored the winning points in the extra ses4 vicsion, as the Jazz earned a Denver over the before Nuggets tory a sellout crowd of 12,181 at the Salt Palace. The defeat saddled the Nuge gets with a losing streak for the first time in two seasons. For Bailey, it was a classic case of rising to the occasion. When Jazz scoring leader Adrian Dantley fouled out with 1 51 to go in the fourth quarter, the Jazz were down by three and the Nuggets had the ball. The Jazz cause looktd hopeless. But then Bailey stepped up and took control, scorsix in ing 13 points from then on regulation and seven in the overtime. Bailey won the game by himself, said Denver Coach Doug Moe. That was just a great exhibition of basketball that he played, credited Dantley, who fouled out of a game for the first time this season. He just played great. He won that game at the end for us. Bailey, who made six of his last seven shots and finished with 23 points, was a little more modest than that. "Even though the individual effort was there and I hit some big shots, it was really a team thing I could feel it from everybody. So what exactly did Bailey do at the end? Well, he scored the Jazz's last six points of regulation, helping deficit in them wipe out a four-poithe final minute, and then he blocked two Alex English shots in the last two seconds to force overtime. A three-poiplay midway through the extra period chopped up another four-poiDenver lead, and then two clutch jumpers in the final minute gave the Jazz leads each time. It was a superlative performance. His last basket was the The Nuggets had taken a lead with 45 seconds left on a jumper by Bill Hanzlik (answering a Bailey jumper seconds before). But Bailey didn't take long to respond, hitting a long jumper from the right side with 33 seconds to go to put the Jazz in front for good. You can't hit those shots without the great picks from Mark (Eaton), observed Bailey. On the ensuing Denver possession, Karl Malone, who had another rambunctious game, jumped out at the foul line and tied up Danny Schayes, who was in the game because Wayne Cooper had fouled out midway through the overtime. The Nuggets won the first jump ball, but the offiand the Jazz cials called a single-handedl- y 117-11- four-gam- nt one-poi- game-winne- r. 114-11- 3 Tribune Stoff Photo by Paul Fraughton Jazz forward Karl Malone (on ground) possession of the ball despite the ef- - forts of Denvers Alex English in Tues-take- s days NBA game at the Salt Palace. BYU Guards Too Much for ORU Special to The Tribune TULSA, Okla, Just 17 days ago, Brigham Young was languishing six 'record. games below .500 with a Just six days ago, the Cougars had not won a basketball game on an opponents home court. But BYU reached the .500 plateau, recorded its third straight victory on the road, and ran its winning streak to six consecutive games by connectfrom the ing on a season-higline Tuesday night to hold off Oral Roberts University in a e encounter at the Center. 9 h 2 free-thro- 67-6- 5 Ma-be- ..This was an unusual victory for reBYU, which squared its 1985-8while constructing the cord at longest Cougar winning streak since early 1981. on Oral Roberts, which leil to the year, did an admirable job defensively on BYU season-lonscoring leader Jeff Chatman The Titans limited Chatman, who entered the game averaging 18 9 points, to a season low of two points The Cougar sophomore forward was assessed his third personal foul with 7 41 remaining in the first half and missed more than 13 minutes of the game in foul trouble But while Oral Roberts shut down Chatman, the BYU backcourt tandem of Bob Capener and Richie Webb 6 9 1 g picked up the slack and gunned down the Titans from long range. Capener connected on from the field en route to 20 points, just one point shy of his career high, and Webb enjoed his second successive game and dished out five assists to help carry the Cougars to victory. We got great play from our guards tonight, acknowledged BYU Coach Ladell Andersen, who was fighting the effects of the flu. We depend on a team situation, so it was good to see the guards hitting from the outside since they held Chatman to two points. It never will be how many in this game; its always how. When you have a player like Chatman in foul trouble and held down, you have to go to other people. And some other players came in and took up the slack." Indeed, BYU also received 10 points and three rebounds from Alan Pollard coming off the bench, eight points and five rebounds from substitute Greg Humphreys, eight points from center Tom Gneiting, and seven points and eight assists from Brent Stephenson This gives you confidence. Anytime you go on the road and win three games, it has to give you confidence," noted BYUs Andersen I dont care who you're playing It's tough to win on the road and this is the best com bined shooting night weve had in a long time." Yes, BYU put together its finest overall shooting exhibition of the season against Oral Roberts. The Cougars sizzled for 57 1 percent from the field and 91.7 percent from the line, their best performance from the line this season. But it took every point to overtake the Titans, who shot 52.7 percent from the floor themselves. free-thro- w After building an early BYU found itself emlead at 14-broiled in a stalemate with 11.49 left in the game when ORUs Brian Miles scored on a driving layup. But the Cougars then outscored Oral Roberts 14-- over the next 412 minutes to construct a advantage. The Capener had 10 of those 14 BYU points, but the Cougars then went cold. After Webb connected on a baseline jumper with just over four minutes to play, BYU did not score another field goal on the night. Oral Roberts crept back into contention at on a Willie Irons free throw with 1 49 left, but Capener hit four straight free throws to lift BYU to a lead with 1 12 to play. But it still wasnt over. Junior forward Akin 45-4- 5 2 59-4- 7 g 63-5- 8 67-6- 0 Akin-Otik- See Column B-- won that University of Utah junior Sandy Sobotka, gymnast in three events, will play big role in title drive. All-Ameri- Marsden Likes New Squad Ute Gymnasts Eye 6th National Title one. thought it was a foul, but then we won the tip and they called the jump back," said Schayes. It wasnt the only play in the game that was important, but it was the last one. Indeed, it was. The Nuggets had to foul Rickey Green, and he was his usual automatic self from the line in the clutch, sinking two clinching free throws with 11 seconds left to make it I 117-11- The Nuggets had no choice but to and they had to go for a do it without their best three-poishooter, Mike Evans, who had the flu and couldnt play in the second half. It was left to Hanzlik to try to shoot the three-pointfrom the top of the arc, and Malone fought through a pick to block it, dashing the Nuggets' final three-pointe- r, chance. His important defensive plays at the end of overtime capped an eventful game for the Mailman. In the fourth period alone, when he played most of the time at center while Eaton sat, Malones adventures includeon a vicious dunk d- a that caused him to hit Cooper in the face midway through the quarter; a takedown by Cooper on a Malone e drive a couple of minutes later; a follow-throug- h fla-Se- B-- 1 Column By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer The University of Utah womens gymnastics team has won five straight national titles and once again is ranked No. 1 in the nation to pick up six in 86." So, whats new? You really want to know? Especially those schools out there like Florida, Arizona State, UCLA, Alawho are bama and bent on derailing these Wasatch Mountain queens? OK, heres whats new, never before heard from Ute Coach Greg Marsden, who inherited a piecemeal gymnastics program and transformed it in less than a decade into a role model for the rest of the nation;Weve had such a good preseason that we start the regular season in better condition than we ever have before." Hmmm. Now, that must make Florida U. Coach Ernestine Weaver cringe just a little down there in Gainesville where the 1986 title will be contested April Here the Lady Gators were getting all geared up for a run at the national crown. Coach Weaver knows what a national title is. She coached a couple at Clarion State 19-2- (Pa.) before moving on to Florida. Oh, Florida will be strong. Theyre picked second in the poll. gymTheyve got great nasts in Elfie Schagel and Ann Bot-neBut you know, were excited about the trip down there in three months. We know teams just dread coming here to compete. Were thrilled to be going there, Marsden confided. One might wonder about the strength of this Marsden aggregation. Elaine Alfano and Celeste Harrington went the Alfano as way of graduation national vaulting champion and Harrington an on the uneven bars. But skeptics abounded a year See Column 4 d cross-contine- 1 New Academic Legislation Compromise Appears to Have Merit Is the legislation aimed at upgrading the academic standards of freshman athletes a step in the right direction as the majority of the NCAA convention felt, or an example of racism as several black educators contend The oiigin.il measure was approved lour years ago. to lake effect September, 1986 A eompromisc passed a week ago gave an addi tional two years to the transition period but to be able to comby 1988, a student-athlete- , pete, must have a 2 00 high school average in basic subjects and score a minimum of 700 on the SAT, or 15 on the ACT college boards The compromise allows an averaging out of the grade points and the test scores, so that in the futui e a score of 7 10 on the SAT or 17 on the ACT would allow an athlete with a high school grade point average ol 8 to compete and receive financial aid A 8 high si hool grade point is the lowest recognized b the compromise The compromise had some merit in that it recognizes the shortcomings of a test Even some educators contend the tests ate culturally biased," designed from middle class white perspectives and discriminatory to the poor and minorities 1 1 rescan h which concluded college board tests ate not accurate indicators of academic success The NCAA spent $300,000 in W hy use the tests if their accuracy is open to challenge Most educators believe the tests provide a type of guideline, indicative of a student's potential ability to handle a college curriculum. If they are taken as a guideline, but not as the final decision, the tests serve a purpose. It roust be understood the athletes involved in these emotional discussions are, in the main, labeled "academic risks" on the basis of high school grades and test score. But is this legislation discnimnitory, as several picsidents of colleges and universities with piedominantly black enrollment, contend Most outspoken was Dr Joseph Johnson, president of ('.rambling State University, who charged on 'he convention floor. Misguided and misdirected members of this organization NCAA, embarrassed by revelations of academic problems, are reverting back to slave days They the colleges built their programs on the backs of black athletes and now they say. We dont need them anymore There are too many blacks on our campus ' I know you are familiar with apartheid Will this legislation be the NCAA s official apai theid I pray not." Eddie Robinson, the Grambling coach who has coached more college football victories I John Mooney Sports Editor than any coach, was more rational, but he explained, Among minorities, the ACT average was 12. Theres a lot of people under that The average SAT score among minorities is 664 Were just going to have to start adjusting to the new rules I'm going to have to adjust and come back stronger. Im going to achieve " by the standards no matter what they arc (Another report showed the average score was 715 for blacks taking the SAT in 1983-8while the average score for the whites was 932) (irn Chance The legislation isn't as discriminatory as some of the black leaders contend, since a student-athletwho does not reach these minimum standards still may be recruited and signed by a school He may receive financial aid He just cant practice with the team or until he compete as a college student-athlet- e has proven by his class work as a freshman that he can carry the college academic load Dr. James Wharton, chancellor of Louisiana State University, defended against the charges of racism, explaining, What we are giving them the academic risks is a year of concentrated study on the way to getting a diploma. I believe we are giving them an opportunity for a college education, rather than discriminating against them." To me, this seems fair enough since the doors arent closed to a college education for And surveys have these shown many who did not show the potential (in their testing) to carry the college load, succeeded very well, given the opportunities to prove themselves A study by the University of Michigan, for example, involving scholarship football players between 1976 and 1983 showed that under Proposition 48 (the new legislation) 60 percent of the blacks and 18 percent of the non black football players for that period would not have been eligible, on the basis of SAT tests But of the 43 black athletes who would have been disqualified on the basis of the SAT, 37 actually succeeded with grade point of 2 00 or who would not higher Of the 17 have qualified, 12 met their academic goals non-black- s The survey concluded, "So 86 percent of the black kids and 70 percent of the who would have been denied admission actually met with success. Its pretty scarey to think we would have eliminated those men." non-blac- Rather than worry about racism and discrimination, I should think the black educators might take an honest look at the job some of their teachers are doing in educating their high school pupils. I thought that four years ago when those presidents of the black colleges were charging racism when this proposal came on the convention floor. I remember thinking If a white educator stood before the convention and contended the black educators were doing poor jobs educating their high school students, he would be castigated as a racist. But here are black leaders admitting their colleagues are doing a poor teaching jobs in high school, and those college presidents are placing the blame on the white educators." A good athlete still will be recruited and he will have a year of paid education to prove he To me, that's fair. is a student-athlet- Observation Ward Never argue with your wife or your boss you might win and then you're In deep t 1 s |
